Chance Me Cornell ED 2026

zazazoom
Wed, 23 Jun 2021 18:46:05 +0000

Demographics:
US domestic
State/Location of residency: CA
Type of high school: Pretty large high school, very competitive
Gender/Race/Ethnicity: Asian Indian Female
Other special factors (first generation to college, legacy, athlete, etc.): N/A

Intended Major(s): Double major in biochemistry or biological sciences and English

GPA, Rank, and Test Scores:
Unweighted HS GPA: 3.85
Weighted HS GPA: 4.24
Class Rank: N/A
ACT: 34
SAT: 1550

Coursework:
AP/Honors Enrollment classes:

10th: AP Calculus AB, AP World History

11th: APUSH, AP Lit, AP Music Theory, AP Statistics, Honors Spanish IV, AP Biology

12th (upcoming year): AP Gov, AP Lang, AP Psych, AP Calc BC, AP Spanish, AP Chemistry

Awards: N/A

Extracurriculars (strong point):

3-week summer medicine program, gained exposure to the medical field (program hosted by pretty prestigious university)

Ecology research summer before sophomore year, published in summer program journal

TA’d for freshman english/AP Lang teacher

Organic chemistry research for approx. 2+ years, 7-time published, presenting at American Chemical Society conference (as a high schooler, pretty big feat)

Executive director and co-founder of surgical literature journal club for pre-med and medical students, run by myself and other surgeons

Currently interning in an executive office in pretty big company

Cellist for 8+ years, in reputable private orchestra (touring Europe next summer)

Currently working on a blog site where I’ll write about a variety of topics (related to humanities)

Currently working on a site with co-researchers regarding research in general

Secretary of high school club related to music tutoring

On student advisory board of one of the most prestigious journals for high school research

a couple others, member in a couple of other HS clubs

Essays

Haven’t written them yet, but will be pretty strong

LOR

AP Lit teacher (virtual all year, but I was a good student and should be a good LOR)

AP Biology teacher (also virtual all year, same as AP Lit)

Freshman english teacher I TA’d for sophomore year (hopefully should be good)

Research advisor (should be good)